Stanchion for animals.



C. BAETZ.

STANCHION FOR ANIMALS. APPLICATION FILED AUG-31, 1914.

Patented. May '9, 19160 mfE if i .2. Q U n W n I -2 6 if *h THE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH $0., WASHINGTON, D. c.

CONRAD BAETZ, OF TWO RIVERS, WISCONSIN.

STANGHION' FOR ANIMALS.

Application filed'August 31,1914. Serial No. 859,387.

To all whom it may concern: p I

Be it knownthat I, CONRAD BAETZ, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Two Rivers, State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stanchions for Animals; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The object of my invention is, to provide a stanchion which is simple in construction, which may be quickly and securely locked and unlocked, and which, while the animals neck is within and is closed and locked, will oscillate or' turn so that the animal may freely turn its head and lick its body. On

. the other hand, when the stanchion is open,

it will not turn but will have a fixed position so that the animals head and neck will always pass into the opened stanchion when it moves into the stall.

A further object of my invention is to provide an obstruction or sure stop so that the only open space which will admit the animals head will be that of the opened stanchion, and to provide this obstruction or sure stop by the opening of the stanchion, and also to again eliminate the obstruction with the closing of the stanchion so that the animal will have suflicient space at each side of its neck so it canfreely turn its head to lick its body.

Anotherobject of my invention is to provide a lock for the stanchion which can be easily and quickly opened by a person, but which cannot be opened by the animal which is locked within the stanchion.

A still further object is to providea means for simultaneously locking and unlocking,

closing and opening any number of stanchions. v

With the aforesaid objects in view, the invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings, and thereafter claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1. represents a view from either the front or rear of a series of stalls, (part only of the other stall is shown) with the stanchion closed and locked. Fig. 2. shows a perspective view of the same stalls as Fig. 1., except that the stanchion is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1916.

shown openand unoccupied but ready to rece lve the animal. Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of detail of the connection of the surestop, looking bar, and link.

In the figures, 1, represents the sill which is on the floor of the stall; 2, are the stall partltion posts; 3, is the stall bar; 4 and 5 are the stanchion arms; 6, is a wood lining; 7 is a hinge; 8, a short piece of chain which secures the lower end of the stanchion to the stall sill; 9, is a yoke firmly secured to the stanchion arm and connected by a bolt or rivet to the yoke, 10, which in turn is firmly secured to the stall bar. Yoke 9 and yoke 10 are not connectedtogether firmly but are connected loosely so that the stanchion may turn and oscillate while it hangs.

11 in Fig. 2 represents the arm end which is firmly secured to the stanchion arm, 5, and is provided with an eye, 12. This arm end rests in the socket, 13, (Fig. 2,) when the stanchion is closed as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. l, and it provides a strong and substantial stanchion equal to a solid ring around the animals neck.

Numeral 1% is the locking bar which is provided with an eye, 15, connecting with the eye, 12, of the arm end, 11. To the opposite end of the locking bar, there is connected the sure stop bar, 16, by a pin 17. The sure stop bar is covered by the shield, 18, which is in turn connected to the stanchion post by movable joint, 19. This shield. is for the'purpose of preventing the sure stop bar from being lifted ifthe animal should rub its head at that point; as the sure stop barslides in the shield, 18.

20, represents the two rails upon which the pin 17 rides as the stanchion is opened or closed. These rails are secured to the stall bar, 3, and stall post, 2.

The lock catch is represented by 21, be-

hind which the pin 17 rests and locks the against which the sure stop bar 16 rests when the stanchion is open.

To close and lock the opened stanchion throw the shield, 18 to a vertical position shown in Fig. 1. when the pm 17 drops bestanchion.

hind the lock catch. When the stanchion is the locking bar, 14, prevent s'the stanchion from swinging or turning so that the animal will place its neck between the stanchion arms.

One stall only is shown complete, but portions. of the next one are shown. These stalls are usually placed in a row, side by side,jand if it is desired, any number of stanchions may be opened or closed with my controlling device which operates as follows: The controlling rod, 22 opens and closes the By pulling on the handle 23 (Fig. 1) which eausesit to move on the roller 24, which is secured to the stanchion bar and by reason of the bend 25 the rod is lifted and it'raises the locking bar 14 so that the pin 17 will beabove the lock catch 21,

V and a continuation of the pull on handle 23 (Fig. l) opens the stanchion andmoves the sure stop in place. To accomplish this, the locln'ng bar is connected with the control rod by link 26. As shown in Fig. 2, this link straddles the stall barrand is connected with the control rod by bolt 27. The link is loosely connected and is permitted to move up but the control rod is provided with a stop 28, so that when the rod is moved to close the stanchion the link has a firm position to push as it rests against the stop 28. The locking bar 1A is previded with a hook, 29, which is hooked into link 26. This hook is quickly disconnected from the link when itis desired to unlock'or' lock one animal at a time. 7

Having described my invention,I claim 1. A stanchion for animals consisting of two parallel arms hinged togetherat one end and opening and closing atthe OPPO- site end, a pivotal joint for supporting the stanchion from a stall, said pivotal oint being secured to one of the stanchion arms,

an oscillating joint in vertical alinement ,with and below said pivotal joint, said oscillating joint being secured to the opening end of the second arm of the stanchion, a

stanchion locking bar connected with said oscillating joint, a lock catch, a rail, a sure stop connected to said locking bar by an oscillating joint, a control rod,.a link connected to said control rod, ahook rigidly connected to the stanchionilocklng bar for engaging said link.

V '2. A stanchion for animals consisting of two parallel arms hinged together at one oscillating joint in vertical alinement with and below said pivotal joint, said oscillating joint being secured to the opening end of the second arm of the stanchion, a socket on one arm of the stanchion, the opening arm of the stanchion being shaped to seat into said socket, a bar secured to said oscillating oint, locking means connecting with said bar.

- 3. A stanchion for animals consisting of two parallel arms hinged together at one end and opening and closing at the opposite end, a pivotal joint for supporting the stanchion from a stall, said pivotal joint being secured to one of the stanchion arms, an oscillating joint in vertical alinement with and below said pivotal joint, said oscillating joint being secured to the opening end of the second arm of the stanchion, a socket on one arm of the stanchion, the openingarm of the stanchion being shaped to seat into said socket, a locking bar connected with said oscillating joint, a lock catch, a sure stop connected to the locking bar by an oscillating joint.

1. A stanchion for animals consisting of two parallel arms hinged together at one end and opening and closing at the opposite end, a pivotal joint for supporting the stanchion from a stall, said pivotal joint being secured to one of the stanchion arms, an oscillating joint in vertical alinement with and below said pivotal joint, said oscillating joint being secured to the opening end of the second arm of the stanchion, a socket on one arm of the stanchion, the opening arm of the stanchion being shaped to seat into said socket, a'locking bar connected with said oscillating joint, a lock catch, a sure stop connected to the locking bar by an oscillating joint, a control rod, a link connected to said control rod, a hook rigidly secured to the locking bar, said hook engaging with said link.

5. A stanchion for animals consisting of two parallel arms hinged together at one end and opening and closing at the opposite end, means, at each end of the stanchion for securing the same to the stall, a locking bar connected to one of the stanchion arms by an oscillating joint, a socket on one arm of the stanchion; said other arm being shaped toseat into the socket, a catch for engaging said locking bar.

6. A stanchion for animals consisting of two parallel arms hinged together at their lower portions and opening and closing at the opposite end, a pivotal joint for supporting the stanchion from a stall, a yoke for connecting said pivotal joint to one of the stanchion arms, said yoke having two walls which are separated by an open space, a socket secured to the. upper portion of one of the parallel arms, an arm end rigidly secured to the upper portion of the other parallel arm and projecting at an angle from said other parallel arm toward the center between the two parallel arms, said arm end resting Within said socket when In testimony that I claim the foregoing,I the stanchion is closed, means for pulling have hereunto set my hand at Two Rivers, 10 the opened stanchion arm to its closed State of Wisconsin, in the presence of tWo position, said means being secured to said Witnesses.

arm end by an oscillating joint and re- CONRAD BAETZ. tained by the Walls of the aforesaid yoke In presence ofi when the stanchion is open, locking means H. C. WILKE,

connecting With said first mentioned means. H. R. SGHWAKE.

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